“The Broadway Musicals Yearbook” will be heard on Artsound FM 92.7 at 5pm on Sunday 18 September and repeated at 11pm on Monday 19 September. The show is produced and narrated by Len Power, Canberra theatre critic, music critic and radio presenter.
This week – the musicals of 1993
In 1993, ‘The Who’s Tommy’ opened on Broadway and Bernadette Peters and Martin Short starred in ‘The Goodbye Girl’ with music by Marvin Hamlisch. There was also the English import, ‘Blood Brothers’, by Willy Russell and Chita Rivera provided the star power for Kander and Ebb’s ‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’.
You’ll hear songs from all of these shows and others including: ‘Good News Bad News’ (from ‘The Goodbye Girl’), ‘It’s A Boy’ and ‘PinBall Wizard’ (‘The Who’s Tommy’), ‘Marilyn Monroe’ (‘Blood Brothers’) and ‘Where You Are’ (‘Kiss Of The Spider Woman’).
Performers include: Chita Rivera, Martin Short, Bernadette Peters, Brent Carver, Kiki Dee and Con O’Neill.
Listen Now: https://artsound.fm/shows/the-broadway-musicals-yearbook/
